Thankfully, though the embarrassment was there, again, Elsie's initial reaction was to laugh. "No, not exactly." Not quite, though that was an idea... "However, I have, well, yes, I've been intimate with someone I love." That probably did not give Penny a very good idea of what it meant, as it was a vague approximation of what sex could be, but until (or if) Penny asked for some more explicit details, she wouldn't get too into it.

"I'm sure you remember my refusal of poor Mr. Adlard," Everybody knew about that, thanks to her former maid and Witch Weekly. "There was a solid reason. I am, and have been, in love with the same person since we were eighteen." She and Tyb had definitely had their ups and downs, and not been together at a couple points in their history, but she had never, ever stopped loving him. Especially now, after Mr. Adlard, they were more determined than ever to make their future together happen. Which was coincidentally, how they had crossed that final line anyway.

Telling Penny wasn't the worst thing, it would be nice to have somebody to talk about it with. Having Caroline know had been a bit of a shock, but even when Tyb had told her, he hadn't actually used any names, Caroline had figured it out on her own, based on Elsie's less-than-stellar poker face at the World Cup match. If Penny really thought about it, she could probably figure it out. It wasn't like Elsie and Tyb were never seen together, especially during their school days.